The list of stars on the new Arthur Russell tribute, Master Mix: Red Hot + Arthur Russell, is pretty blinding, but even among acts like Blood Orange, Sufjan Stevens, and Hot Chip, Robyn shines pretty brightly. So too does her cover of Russell’s “Tell You (Today),” which is nothing short of joyous, worthy of both [...]

Red Hot Organization is set to release a tribute album to the late dynamic powerhouse Arthur Russell. On the heels of Sufjan Stevens’ sensual “A Little Lost” cover, comes Hot Chip’s sweeping rendition of new-wave/disco favorite “Go Bang.” The original — released in 1982 under ...

Six months ago we heard about a pending Sufjan Stevens contribution to Red Hot’s long-gestating Arthur Russell tribute comp, which also includes covers by Robyn, Hot Chip, Blood Orange, Phosphorescent, Jose Gonzalez, and many more. The comp has been renamed Master Mix: Red Hot + Arthur Russell, and Sufjan’s take on Russell&am...

For decades now, the Red Hot Organization has been raising money for AIDS awareness by putting together finely curated compilations, and their next one could be amazing. The forthcoming double-CD comp Master Mix: Red Hot + Arthur Russell pays tribute to Russell, the pioneering New York musician who died of AIDS-related causes in 1992. Russell [...]

Sufjan Stevens released his album Enjoy Your Rabbit way back in 2001, but it’s just now coming out on vinyl for the first time, and so he’s got a new video for “Year Of The Tiger,” a twitchy impressionistic sound collage that appeared on the LP. The animated clip comes from director Geoffrey Hoskinson, and...